Metropolitan King County Council
Hybrid Meeting
Agenda — 41 items
- 1 Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or provide comment remotely are listed below. HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in advance. There are three ways to provide public testimony: 1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers. 2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov. 3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.
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- 3 CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493 If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your ability to be unmuted to speak. You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services, please contact our Equity and Social Justice Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov, three (3) days prior to the meeting. If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV Channel 22). HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you don't wish to provide public testimony: 1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address into your web browser. 2. Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), and Astound Broadband Channels 22 and 711 (HD). 3. Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.
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- 1 Call to Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
- 4 Approval of Minutes of June 10, 2025
- 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
- 6 Special Item
- 11 Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards Council Districts 2, 3, 7, 9
- 12 County Service Awards
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- 13 Proclamation of June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth in King County
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- 15 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
- 16 There will be one public hearing on the Juneteenth Proclamation and Items 7-13
- 17 Consent Item 7
- 7 AN ORDINANCE relating to rates and charges for sewage treatment and disposal; and amending Ordinance 12353, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.670.100, Ordinance 18745, Section 2, as amended, and Ordinance 11398, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.055.
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- 8 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, representing transit administrative support employees in the Metro transit department; and establishing the effective date of said agreement.
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- 22 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
- 23 Consent Items 9-12
- 9 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on adult and juvenile sex offense cases in compliance with the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, 19546, Section 31, as amended by Ordinance 19791, Section 9, Proviso P2.
- 10 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on sexual assault cases in compliance with the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 31, Proviso P2.
- 11 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Faisal Akhter, who resides in council district two, to the King County veterans advisory board.
- 12 A MOTION accepting the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report for the year 2024.
- 28 Health, Housing, and Human Services
- 13 A MOTION expressing King County council's opposition to proposed federal Medicaid cuts and affirming support for care workers, healthcare systems, and residents who rely on Apple Health.
- 29 Passed On The Consent Agenda
- 30 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
- 14 AN ORDINANCE relating to a capital improvement project; making a supplemental appropriation of $51,819,000 to the county hospital capital fund; and amending the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 130, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended.
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- 33 First Reading and Referral of Motions
- 15 A MOTION regarding the council's commitment to welcoming and actively supporting immigrants and refugees, and requesting a report evaluating the county's progress towards that commitment.
- 16 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
- 36 Other Business
- 37 Adjournment
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